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Show MANY GERMANS IN HANDS JELLIES Paris, Sept 8. According to official reports the advantages of today's f fighting lies entirely with the allies The Germans, according to the French war office are "being forced back all along the line." Many prisoners have been taken. Reports were received here this evening and widely circulated that the Germans had made application for a twenty four nrmistlce In which to collect col-lect their wounded and bury the dead Tho report stated the request wns tersely refused. General Galllonis office refused to discuss the report and it could not be confirmed elsewhere The principal fighting of the day was in the center, from Fore-Vitiy-Lo-Friincois to points south of the forest of Argonno. A series of violent assaults as-saults were delivered upou the French forces holding this line, but were repulsed, re-pulsed, the German columns being forced finally to fall back to position eron further from Pans. The most decisive engagement, however occurred on the German right which was driven back toward the River Manic, between Meaux and Sezanne Sez-anne This army, It was reported, was crumpled by the British and French, who took thousands of prisoners. Germans Everywhere Repulsed. The forces occupying the allies' left from the River Ourcq to Montmlral. on the Petit Morln river, were engaged en-gaged all day, the nearest fighting ue-incr ue-incr only twenty-eight miles from Paris The German left also attempted an offensive movement along n line from Chateaux Sallns to Nancy It was repulsed and the Germans were driven northeast. The French rooccupled two commanding heichts. It is an historical fact that it was upon practically the identical ground that the Huns, under Attila, "the Scourge of God," were routed fourteen centuries ago. On every hand may now be heard references to the consummate strategy strat-egy of General loffre. who, by continually contin-ually rctreatinc through the last ten days, finally combined his forces tn a favorable position, now said to have been chosen In advance Two Army Corps Routed Additional details of Sundays engagement en-gagement near Meaux where the German right wag today disastrously driven from Its positions, according to all accounts, strengthen the belief that the official declaration of a "result favorable to the allies" failed to do Justice to the victorious troops engaged. A serceant, wounded in that affair, arriving today declared the vlc-torv vlc-torv was most complete, two German Infantry regiments helntr routed This infantry, with its large cavalry and artillery ar-tillery supports, were pursued twenty miles, the sergeant says, and the French captured seven field enns, two rapid firers and many prisoners. A wounded Infantry officer, who took part in the battle north of Meaux, says the German forces routed numbered num-bered two army corps, whose losses were enormous. He counted C'O dead in one trench, the officer affirms, adding that the enemy apparently lacked sufficient ammunition as after a short exchange of shots, their fire diminished The first German invaders arrived in Paris today. They wore under heavy guard, however, and were a source of interest rather than fear to the populace. This detachment of prisoners was part of those taken at Meaux and numbered about 600. Hundreds of wounded passed through the city today. Without exception ex-ception they declared the fighting to the north and east of the city was most desperate in character Charges in forces were common rather than exceptional, they said, and hand-to-hand fighting frequent |